Notable People
Places Along the Trade
Environmental Changes
Mongol Empire
Innovations and Technology
100
An Italian native of Venice wrote about his travels to Asia that influenced other Europeans to visit places like China
Who is Marco Polo?
100
Also known as the "city of spices"
What is Calicut?
100
This drought and flood resistant crop contributed to the population growth as it was widely distributed in China
What is champa rice?
100
This leader changed his name from Temujin, and used surprise and crafty war strategies to defeat enemy armies
Who is Genghis (Chinggis) Khan?
100
Chinese sailors invented this for ships to have more stability and maneuver easier
What is stern rudder?
200
The grand-nephew of Sundiata who established schools in Timbuktu and built mosques in Muslim trading cities
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
Daily Double
This East African country traded with coastal city-states and was heavily tied into the Indian Ocean trade
What is Zimbabwe?
200
Infectious disease brought on by fleas; the black of the death
What is the bubonic plague?
200
The Golden Horde was led by this eldest son of the Khan's oldest son
Who is Batu?
200
The Chinese government developed a system of credit using "flying cash" on this form of currency used today
What is paper money?
300
Daily Double
According to an Egyptian official, Mansa Musa visited Cairo for this type of holy journey
What is a pilgrimage?
300
The center of culture, diversity, and trade in southern China; home to poets Lu Yu and Xin Qiji
What is Hangzhou?
300
The overuse of farmland and this other type of environmental degradation led to erosion in feudal Europe
What is deforestation?
300
This grandson led Mongols in Abbasid, destroying the city of Baghdad as they pushed West
Who is Hulegu?
300
Improvements of saddles for this animal increased trade across the trans-Saharan; also the name of this America brand of tobacco products
What is camel?
400
This English mystic described her pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, Germany and Spain, conveying spiritual visions and first hand accounts of being a middle-class woman living during the medieval times.
Who is Margery Kempe?
400
Present day Uzbekistan, a stopping point on the Silk Roads between China and the Meditteranean
What is Samarkand?
400
Merchants traveling across the Indian Ocean timed voyages according to this type of major wind system
What are monsoon winds?
400
He assumed the title of the Great Khan, conquered China, & established the Yuan Dynasty
Who is Kublai Khan?
400
A Persian word for this type of inn where travelers and their animals made stops about every 100 miles to rest and get water
What is caravanserai?
500
A preserver of people's history, Kings often sought their counsel regarding political matters
What is a griot?
500
A primarily Buddhist city that became a center of Islamic scholarship located where the northern & southern routes of the Silk Roads cross
What is Kashgar?
500
A five-century cooling period of the climate that reduced agriculture and slowed city growth
What is Little Ice Age?
500
Also known as the time of "Mongolian Peace", Genghis Khan instituted liberal policies, established new trade routes, & enforced protection of the Silk Roads
What is Pax Mongolica?
500
An invention from Arab sailors that made catching winds from different directions easier
What is lateen sails?